Notable Deaths on January 19

Dagobert I was King of the Franks. He ruled Austrasia (623–634) and Neustria and Burgundy (629–639). He has been described as the last king of the Merovingian dynasty to wield real royal power, after which the Mayor of…

Kilian of Cologne, Irish Abbot, died 19 January 1003

Isabella of Austria, also known as Elizabeth, was born an Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile from the House of Habsburg, and subsequently became Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, as…

Diego Laynez, S.J. was a Spanish Jesuit priest and theologian, a New Christian, and the second Superior General of the Society of Jesus after the founder Ignatius of Loyola. He was born in Almazán and died in Rome.

Hans Sachs was a German Meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright, and shoemaker.

Marcus Gheeraerts was a Flemish artist working at the Tudor court, described as "the most important artist of quality to work in England in large-scale between Eworth and van Dyck". He was brought to England as a child…

William Congreve was an English playwright and poet. He played a major role in shaping English comedy, and is regarded by literary critics as one of the greatest playwrights of the Restoration period. The popularity of…

Thomas Ruddiman was a Scottish classical scholar.

Jonathan Oannes Toup was an English philologist, classical scholar and critic.

Charles Bent was an American businessman and politician who served as the first civilian United States governor of the New Mexico Territory, newly invaded and occupied by the United States during the Mexican-American…